Vladimir Bukovsky Inspirational Quotes (7)

The pessimist is the man who believes things couldn't possibly be worse, to which the optimist replies: 'Oh yes they could!'

This dream of absolute, universal equality is amazing, terrifying, and inhuman. And the moment it captures people's minds, the result is mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

Investigation is a subtle process, requiring patience and fine analytical ability, as well as a skill in cultivating one's sources. When torture is condoned, these rare talented people leave the service, having been outstripped by less gifted colleagues with their quick-fix methods, and the service itself degenerates into a playground for sadists.

Europe, I have lived in your future, and I did not like it.

A single economy makes the constant adjustments necessary to facilitate trade impossible.

I should like to underline: no people, no country, in which a Communist dictatorship has been established, ever found its way out of it.

If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more resembles the Soviet Union.